Post Install Issues with MS07-069 (IE6 on XPSP2)

re: Post Install Issues with MS07-069 (IE6 on XPSP2)

hAl — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 12:53:00 GMT

Why a registry key change ?

That seems beyond the capabilities of normal users.

Wouldn't it be better if this security update was removed from the cumulative update and patched ?

Also the explanation of what exactly occurs seems very sketchy.

Why does this hangup only happen on the default page en not when you surf to that page ?

re: Post Install Issues with MS07-069 (IE6 on XPSP2)

Phil — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 17:14:33 GMT

I agree, with hundreds of users here running XP SP2 with IE6, how can Microsoft be serious that the solution is to edit each registry? Is this some sort of joke? It would be easier to have each user install Mozilla Firefox and stop using IE completely.

re: Post Install Issues with MS07-069 (IE6 on XPSP2)

Evan — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 17:46:08 GMT

I've posted a Group Policy Administrative Template to my blog to help get this "workaround" deployed centrally. See:

http://peeved.org/blog/2007/12/19/#20071219-001

I have several large Customers being impacted by this, and this is how I'm mitigating the issue. I decided it would probably be helpful to other people, too.

Good luck, everybody.

re: Post Install Issues with MS07-069 (IE6 on XPSP2)

Darheel — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 17:47:27 GMT

Phil... unfortunately it is NO joke...

I wonder how many regular Joe's are going to mess the registry up...

[@hAl]

I agree completely with you... this security update should be removed from the cumulative update and patched... immediately

Also... the explanation is obscure... security thought obscurity is not a good strategy...

Darheel

Happy Firefox user

Post Install Issues with MS07-069 (IE6 on XPSP2) - Internet Explorer 6 crashes on launch

David Overton's Blog — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 17:53:48 GMT

Just a quick one for those of you on XP SP2 with the latest security updates. There is a risk of seeing

re: Post Install Issues with MS07-069 (IE6 on XPSP2)

gabe — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 19:37:01 GMT

the best option ms could do is pull the update and relase 942615 v2 that has the http://support.microsoft.com/kb/946627

registry changes already in it

re: Post Install Issues with MS07-069 (IE6 on XPSP2)

Frank — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 19:41:25 GMT

Darheel-- IE cumulative updates include both security and non-security changes. If you look at the name of the registry key (and the fact that it controls something first released a while back) it's clear that this isn't a broken security fix.

It is confusing that they call it a "Cumulative Security Update" when it's more than just security.

re: Post Install Issues with MS07-069 (IE6 on XPSP2)

Howard — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 20:04:21 GMT

How hard is it to wrap up a fix like this into a small executable that tweaks it for the user with a simple double-click, or heck, just add another update in windows update, to tweak the registry.

Asking my grandma to load up regedit is NOT a solution... luckily in my case, I don't need to, she already uses and prefers Firefox.

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re: Post Install Issues with MS07-069 (IE6 on XPSP2)

PatriotB — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 20:39:09 GMT

Gabe/Howard --- what makes you think that Microsoft isn't working on exactly that, a new patch that has this fix in it? They're getting this manual workaround out there so that people who can't wait can get this fixed right away.

re: Post Install Issues with MS07-069 (IE6 on XPSP2)

Craig Barefield — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 23:13:11 GMT

I dont know if it's discussed somewhere else, but the cumulative security patch for IE7 has similarly caused the same crashes on my IE7

(running on XP SP2)

re: Post Install Issues with MS07-069 (IE6 on XPSP2)

David — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 23:22:00 GMT

Great news!

Might as well digg this, it's pretty big news:

http://www.digg.com/microsoft/Internet_Explorer_8_passes_ACID2_test

Internet Explorer 6 en Windows XP muestra un error y se cierra al visitar una página después de instalar las actualizaciones de seguridad más recientes

Apuntes de un loco — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 23:54:29 GMT

Después de aplicar la actualización KB942615, la mayoría de las veces que intentaba acceder a algunos sitios como GMail o Google, por poner dos ejemplos en los que entro muy a menudo, me saltaba este error: iexplore.exe ha detectado un problema y debe

IE 6 crashes after you install security update MS07-069 on a computer that is running Windows XP SP2

Jesper's Blog — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 08:17:04 GMT

If you are still on Windows XP SP2 with Internet Explorer (IE) 6, and you install the security update

re: Post Install Issues with MS07-069 (IE6 on XPSP2)

Ruud — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 11:46:51 GMT

It's not only IE6.

My IE7 on XP SP2 has the same problem!

re: Post Install Issues with MS07-069 (IE6 on XPSP2)

Matthieu — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 13:47:59 GMT

I have this problem also on IE7 / XP SP2!

re: Post Install Issues with MS07-069 (IE6 on XPSP2)

Almost a grumpy old man — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 16:44:25 GMT

It doesn't say that all instances of IE must be closed before the 'patch' seems to be active...

re: Post Install Issues with MS07-069 (IE6 on XPSP2)

Ken — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 17:54:54 GMT

I really think they should re-release this patch ASAP. We have 1000's of machines with a mix of IE6/IE7 that are managed by WSUS servers.

We have not deployed the patch via WSUS due to all this speculation on what they will do.

You can really trust a small testbed for an issue like this.

Please help Microsoft !!!!!

IE 6 crashes after you install security update MS07-069 on a computer that is running Windows XP SP2

Jesper Johansson's Blog — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 02:53:32 GMT

If you are still on Windows XP SP2 with Internet Explorer (IE) 6, and you install the security update

re: Post Install Issues with MS07-069 (IE6 on XPSP2)

Admin — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 20:04:12 GMT

Internet Explorer 6 crashes after you install security update 942615 on a computer that is running Windows XP Service Pack 2

http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2007/12/18/post-install-issues-with-ms07-069-ie6-on-xpsp2.aspx

re: Post Install Issues with MS07-069 (IE6 on XPSP2)

TMaxim — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 23:30:13 GMT

I'm using IE6 and don't want install security update 942615.

IE6 Component in December Security Update

Embedded Windows Team (NT4e, XPe, Vista Embedded) — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 22:48:08 GMT

We have just learned of an issue with the Internet Explorer Cumulative Security Update for December 2007

re: Post Install Issues with MS07-069 (IE6 on XPSP2)

Diane Fanning — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 15:51:12 GMT

I've been having an odd problem since I installed Internet Explorer 7.0. It seems to have effected my ability to send email. If I compose an original message, no problem. If I reply to more than one person, no prbolem.

But if I hit reply, my outgoing email is blocked by my own computer.

Is this connected to my IE 7.0 install or is it a coincidence?

And does anyone have a solution?